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Medvedev also set Open Era records for the most time spent playing at one edition of a singles major, at 24 hours and 17 minutes, and for the most sets played in a singles major, at 31. [1] Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Sinner. [4] His loss ended a 33-match winning streak at the Australian Open and ...
The Australian Open total prize money for 2024 increased by 13.07% year on year to a tournament record A$86,500,000. Most of the increases were distributed to qualifying and the early rounds of singles and doubles, with First round main draw singles players receiving A$120,000, up 12.94 per cent vs 2023. [17]
At 22, Sinner was the youngest Australian Open men's singles champion and finalist since Novak Djokovic in 2008. [4] This was the first Australian Open final since 2005 not to feature any of the Big Three members. [5] The final further established their rivalry, being their 10th meeting and Sinner's 4th consecutive win over Medvedev.
For the first time in the tournament's history, there were six former champions in the main draw: Sabalenka, Naomi Osaka, Sofia Kenin, Caroline Wozniacki, Angelique Kerber, and Azarenka. [12] This was the final Australian Open appearance for 2016 champion Kerber, who lost to Danielle Collins in the first round.
2023: Novak Djokovic [a] ... 2024: Tokito Oda: Diede de Groot Jiske Griffioen Andy Lapthorne ... List of Australian Open mixed doubles champions;
The 2024 Jannik Sinner tennis season officially began on 14 January 2024, with the start of the Australian Open in Melbourne. [2] The season saw Jannik Sinner clinch the world number 1 after winning his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open .
The Australian Open [a] [b] is an annual tennis tournament created in 1905 and (since 1988) played on outdoor hardcourts [c] [d] at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. [7] The Australian Open is played over a two-week period beginning in mid-January and has been chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tournaments each year since 1987.
Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden defeated Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in the final, 7–6 (7–0), 7–5 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2024 Australian Open. It was Bopanna's first major title in doubles, and Ebden's second. Bopanna became the oldest man in the Open Era to win a major title. [1]